Avocado Milkshake The avocado is a tree native to Mexico and Central America. It scientifically classified in plant family Lauraceae along with cinnamon, camphor and bay laurel. Avocado or alligator pear also refers to the fruit, botanically a large berry...

Semolina Bread Today on the last day of the BM #52 I am paired with Mir and I wanted bake a bread. I had my eye on the bread that Mir had set out for us in Taming the Yeast; it was a whole wheat bread. You know me I cannot leave them alone so I tried it....

Aehobakjeon (Korean Zucchini Pancakes) with Sesame Dipping SauceZucchini ! The moment I say the word my family runs in the other direction. Don’t ask me why,must be one of my experiments has put them off. ☺ When I said that I am making pancakes the girls...

Korean Cauliflower Stir FryCauliflower! Hubby loves it kids hate it! So the solution to my problem is making something new as often as possible. This recipe from Mir's space was too good to give up on. This week I am paired with Mir of The Schizo Chef for...

Gattibajje The other day I was to meet Sharmila Rao as I was to pick up some books from her. Actually I think that books is just an excuse, I like to meet her. We decided to meet at Carasid, a local joint for yummy food. I still have to get over the omellete...

Moong Vada/ Fried Moong Vada While I am on my memories trip let me share with you what my MIL made many times these vadas and they were something she served with sauce. She also made some with rava but I just cannot remember them. After a long time, in...

Masala Vada/ Chana Dal Vada/ Chattambade Childhood memories are these hot vada and tea and rains! Added to Ajji or Grandmother admonishing us,” enough now! You will get a stomach-ache if you eat any more of these.” Why she made them as snack when it rained...

Fruity Popsicles So I have taken you through all my failures of making an ice cream that will be acceptable after the Chocolate and Coffee Ice Cream I made yesterday. I was desperate to make a simple ice cream that met the expectations. That was no problem...

Ice cream is a frozen food eaten as a snack or dessert. Ice creams are usually made from dairy products, such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavours. Generally commercial ice creams are sweetened with sucrose,...

Cashew Nut and Almond Kulfi/Qulfi/Khulfi Today let have some Kulfi or Qulfi or Khulfi. So what is Kulfi? I will like to think of Kulfi as extremely popular frozen dairy dessert, the traditional Indian Subcontinent ice cream. Unlike the Western ice cream...

Chocolate Heart of Darkness Cakes April'15 for Baking Partners we were to bake one delicious cake that I knew the girls will love. An amazing molten lava cake… but I postponed making it as I knew my younger daughter who was out of station will love it....

Nachos and Salsa Nachos is a Tex-Mex dish from northern Mexico. The dish can be as simple as tortilla chips (totopos) covered with cheese or cheese-based sauce fr a snack. Want a main course add more stuff. Nachos were first created circa 1943 by Ignacio...

Popcorn Popcorn, also known as popping corn, is a type of corn or maize that expands from the kernel and puffs up when heated. Grains like amaranth grain, sorghum, quinoa, millet and corn are able to pop because, their kernels have a hard moisture-sealed...

Pound Cake This month for Baking Partners we were to try a Pound Cake. Simple and beautiful! This recipe is different from that I follow here & here. The main points that surprised me was that we were to bake in a cold oven, that is the oven is not be pre-heated...

Akki Bhakari/ Akki Rotti/ Tandula-chi-Bhakari Flatbreads are a part of Indian menus. We, Indians make flatbreads out of wheat, jowar/sorghum, and millets like ragi, bajra and many more grains I do not know about. Indian flatbreads like its culture and cuisine...

Alsande cho Tonak "Make Alsande Tonak " And I panicked and made a SOS visit to Sheetal! What am I talking about? My readers, I am a part of Bloggers Marathon, a group of us who blog every month on various themes. Naturally we are all very close, it’s more...

April is a busy month as we have Mega Marathon. Mega means we choose a theme and follow the theme entire month. This time around we are Baking!! These are my bakes Day 1 Banana and Burnt Butter Pudding A delicious pudding with over-ripe bananas and burnt...

Marble Cake I mentioned when I shared the Mocha Coffee Cake with Espresso Glaze my friend’s daughter, Saavani, loved the cake and wanted me to bake a cake for her. I decided to “ #FireUpYourOven " to make the same cake. Disaster struck in the form of “NO...

Mocha Coffee Cake with Espresso Glaze For my younger ones birthday I wanted to order a cake for her. Hubby and she were adamant that I should make the cake not order it. That is when I, “ #FireUpYourOven " (d) to bake 3 cakes. One was a Date and Walnut...

Victoria Sandwich Cake/ Victoria Sponge Cake A delicious cake that has history around it! You know I love anything that has a history so this one was to be baked. So let’s see the history here… Careful ladies you are treading royal path here as Queen Victoria...